Born Again Virgin / Kiss the Boys Goodbye

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'Kiss the Boys Goodbye' by Johnny Nowhere

from the CD Born Again Virgin

lyrics and credits below image

Words and music by Johnny Nowhere
© 2011, Hell Paving Company

Out in the courtyard of a French chalet
They hang like portraits of Toulouse-Lautrec
Reality-
So warm and rarefied.

Half past a bottle of old Chardonnay
The moon is rising on the Dies Irae
Finality-
Is droning in the skies.

The war has taken quite a toll to-day
The women find themselves in a slow decay
With desperation they cannot recognise
Well they can kiss the boys goodbye.

Their lifeless heroes coming home to stay
Young widows cling like goldleaf overlay
All casualities-
Now damaged merchandise.

They mingle quietly in the passageways
Done up in China silk with gold lamé
Formalities-
Just part of the disguise.

Beneath the surface-and the au revoir
There lingers scent of Russian caviar
Remaining embers no war can neutralise
And they can kiss the boys goodbye.

Averted glances and a cool sashay
Commit to memories of an old cliche
A mentality-
No one can criticise.

They dip bananas into shared parfait
And softly glisten outside the cafe
A duality-
Designed to hypnotise.

The ancients crumble as they walk away;
They spend the evenings in the négligé
The fleur-de-lis unfolds before their eyes
Now they can kiss the boys goodbye.
Yes, they can kiss the boys goodbye
And they will kiss the boys goodbye.